Design Cellar loves to design church web sites. We specialize in church web development including, sermon archive, sermon podcasts, church calendar, social networking, online giving and rich media for non-profit and church organizations.

Churches are our specialty
Church web sites are what we do best! In the ever changing world we live in, it has become clear that churches must be able to effectively communicate their message well and with relevance. It has been proven that a successful church has a media rich content web site that is interactive and targeted.

Key to church site success...CONTENT!
Content is the king when it comes to the success of any web site. But with churches, updated, relevant content is even more important. It's been proven that the #1 factor in a potential visitor coming to your church is a personal invitation by an attending member. However, the number #1 factor in a potential visitor coming to your church who is not invited by someone, is your web site and how it represents your church.

You must have relevant content and your site must show a potential visitor what they can expect when they visit your church.

Suppose you want to announce or sell something, or attract a particular target of potential clients. In other words, you have a message or service you wish to convey. How do you do that? If you make a poster; create a business logo, or make a computer printout—you are using a form of communication called graphic design.

Graphic design is essential to a successful web site. Without a clear presentation of your organization through imagery, it is very difficult to captivate your audience. We can help you visually get your message across in a way that represents your church in a powerful and effective way.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

In the world of successful web site design, nothing is more essential than search engine optimization, or SEO. The process of structuring a web page, and giving it the ability to be seen by the major search engines is a skill that is not available through online site builders or do-it-yourself web programs. Only experienced web designers can structure a site properly. Although SEO is the first step, if you want to place on the 1st page of Google, Yahoo, Bing, MSN and others, you will most likely need Search Engine Marketing (SEM). This is not talked about much, but necessary to ensure top placement. We provide SEO as a free service to all our clients.

Search Engine Placement (SEM) ...the real deal to 1st page success

The most common form of 'search engine' marketing is SEO, or Search Engine Optimization. However, to rank on the top pages you will need more than a site that is 'optimized'. 'Optimization' means exactly that - the site is optimized to be able to have search engines see your site in a search. However, that does not mean you will be on the first page. Any web site worth paying for will be SEO, which is why we offer it as a free service. However, SEO is just the foundation of search engine success. To get on the 1st page in a search requires much more, and is specific to your industry. For example, if you want to place #1 on Google for the term 'used cars', simply being 'optimized' won't get the job done.

So, we offer a service we call SEM or Search Engine Marketing or Internet Marketing. This service requires us to analyze your competition, determine what search terms you need, configure XML site maps, article submissions, back linking, and many other services to get you on the top page. The process and pricing is very simple...the more competition for your search term, the more time and money it will take to get your site ranked on the first page. This may seem daunting, but we have spent years using SEM and have some of the most affordable and effective SEM services on the web.

The average company spends between $6,000-$15,000 a year on phone book advertising. On average, our customers are spending about 60-80% less with the Design Cellar Web Marketing then on traditional phone book advertising, while doubling their business revenue!

Media
Media can be a powerful tool in your ability to connect with your potential clients and convey the message you want. Many services in media include:

Video Media Player (perfect for churches)
Have all of your videos play directly from your web site in our media player. No need for YouTube. Stream high quality video directly to your viewers, while representing your organization instead of representing YouTube.

Podcast Account Setup (great for online sermons)
We create and embed a podcast into your web site where viewers can subscribe to your podcast, download and play your audio files in iTunes.